If you want to broaden your understanding of the guitar and develop a greater sense of freedom when moving around the fretboard, I would recommend learning the chromatic scale. The chromatic scale is not one that you are likely to use in your playing with any regularity. In fact the...
If you want to make your blues guitar playing more varied and interesting, I would strongly recommend learning a a range of different blues turnarounds. Since they were first used at the beginning of the 20th century amongst ragtime performers and Delta bluesmen, blues turnarounds have gone on to become...
The pickups that you use in your guitar play a fundamental role in your tone. In fact I would argue that the type of guitar pickups that you use - as well as the design and build of those pickups - contribute more to your tone than many of the...
Learning to navigate around your guitar fretboard is difficult. In fact, the challenge that it presents is so great, that most guitarists don't even attempt it. And for some guitarists, just thinking about how and where to start with learning the logic of the guitar fretboard causes them to feel...
If you want to start playing slide guitar, I would recommend experimenting with different slide guitar tunings. There are a variety of these different tunings, and each one has its own sound and feel. Not only this, but each tuning alters the relationship between the strings of your guitar in...
In recent years, overdrive pedals have come to play an increasingly important role in the blues. Guitar pedal manufacturers have made huge developments in pedal production, which has increased the range of overdrive pedals out there. It has also made them both more readily available and also more affordable. Largely...
The pickups that you use in your guitar play a fundamental role in your tone. In fact I would argue that the type of guitar pickups that you use - as well as the design and build of those pickups - contribute more to your tone than many of the...
It is not easy to build the perfect pedalboard. There are so many different guitar pedals that you can choose from. And at first, this makes it challenging to even know which types of pedal you should be considering for your board; let alone which specific pedals will help you...
In my opinion, learning how to connect the 5 pentatonic shapes across your fretboard is one of the best ways to improve your lead guitar playing. It will help you to improvise freely, to create interesting blues guitar solos and to navigate comfortably across the entire neck of your guitar....
Guitar practice is difficult. In fact, I would argue that creating an effective guitar practice routine, and then sticking to that routine is one of the biggest challenges that most guitar players face. For even though all guitarists know that they should practice, I think the majority of players struggle...
If you want to broaden your understanding of the guitar and...
If you want to make your blues guitar playing more varied...
The pickups that you use in your guitar play a fundamental...
Learning to navigate around your guitar fretboard is...
If you want to start playing slide guitar, I would recommend...
In recent years, overdrive pedals have come to play an...
The pickups that you use in your guitar play a fundamental...
It is not easy to build the perfect pedalboard. There are so...
In my opinion, learning how to connect the 5 pentatonic...
Guitar practice is difficult. In fact, I would argue that...
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